Sparta in Hancock County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Sparta Cemetery

By David Seibert, November 5, 2007

1. Sparta Cemetery Marker

Inscription.

Sparta Cemetery. . The main cemetery in Sparta was established on property deeded to the town in 1806. Burials illustrate a common nineteenth-century pattern of migration to the area, as settlers from New England and Virginia moved south and west through the Carolinas and into Georgia. Notable burials include Methodist Bishop George Foster Pierce, president of Wesleyan College in Macon and of Emory College in Oxford, Georgia; prominent nineteenth-century statesmen Dr. William Terrell and Gen. Henry Mitchell; and veterans of American wars dating back to the Revolution. Sparta Cemetery also contains examples of funerary art representative of architectural styles of the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries.

The main cemetery in Sparta was established on property deeded to the town in 1806. Burials illustrate a common nineteenth-century pattern of migration to the area, as settlers from New England and Virginia moved south and west through the Carolinas and into Georgia. Notable burials include Methodist Bishop George Foster Pierce, president of
Wesleyan College in Macon and of Emory College in Oxford, Georgia; prominent nineteenth-century statesmen Dr. William Terrell and Gen. Henry Mitchell; and veterans of American wars dating back to the Revolution. Sparta Cemetery also contains examples of funerary art representative of architectural styles of the eighteenth through the
twentieth centuries.

Location. 33° 16.633′ N, 82° 58.383′ W. Marker is in Sparta, Georgia, in Hancock County. Marker is at the intersection of Hamilton Street and Boland Street, on the left when traveling east on Hamilton Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sparta GA 31087, United States of America.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on November 7, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,440 times since then. Photos:1. submitted on November 7, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2, 3. submitted on March 26, 2011, by Tomeka mcClendon of Sparta, Georgia. 4. submitted on March 27, 2011, by Tomeka mcClendon of Sparta, Georgia. 5, 6, 7. submitted on November 4, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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